The SCAA and BGA form an ad hoc committee to determine the fate of the regional barista competitions, and the SCAA releases information about the actual costs of producing competitions In response to public outcry over the cancelation of the regional barista competitions, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) , and the Barista Guild of America’s Executive Council (BGAEC), created the Ad Hoc Regional Committee, which BGAEC chair Lorenzo Perkins tells Barista Magazine “will bring together voices from across the barista community alongside the SCAA to produce solutions that continue to bolster and support the specialty coffee community.” Lorenzo says the people invited to join the committee “were chosen based on their previous engagement with competitions and innovations they have brought to the competitions.” He says an effort was made to include representatives...